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Scotland: Review of Alcohol Licensing Fees - Steering Group: Recommendation to Scottish Ministers
The Scottish Government recently issued the report looking at alcohol licensing fees, un-snappily entitled the ‘Review of Alcohol Licensing Fees – Steering Group: Recommendation to Scottish Ministers’. The report itself be found...
Lancet Report - Minimum Unit Pricing - "will save UK lives"
As the Appeal into minimum pricing enters its second week in Scotland a report published in the Lancet has stated that setting a minimum alcohol price of 45 pence a unit in Britain would cut deaths and hospital time among heavy drinkers - i.e. the...
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Irresponsible Drinking Promotions - 'NekNominate'
This weekend saw the death of a 20 year old, who died after downing a lethal concoction of whisky, vodka, wine and lager. This was coupled with a second British death linked to the craze which has been termed ‘NekNominate’ when a...
Breaking news - Blackpool 'reject' the adoption of an EMRO!
Blackpool Licensing Committee has just released their determination on the application for an EMRO, which hearing took place over 4 days last week. The Licensing Committee has unanimously resolved to recommend to the full council that the EMRO sh...
Gambling - Illegal Poker clubs - GC Clamping down
The Gambling Commission has announced a crackdown on suspected illegal poker clubs across the country with Illegal operators being targeted by Local Authorities, with support from the Commission. It is stated on the Commissions website that a num...
Draft Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2014 published
On 5 February 2014 we confirmed that the Government had published its guidance on banning the sale of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT for England and Wales. By way of update, the draft Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) O...
Banning the sale of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT - guidance issued
The Government has today published its guidance on banning the sale of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT for England and Wales. The relevant guidance document can be found here: 'Guidance on banning the sale of alcohol below the cost of duty...
Scotland - Minimum Unit Pricing - Back in the Court of Session
The Court of Session in Edinburgh yesterday commenced hearing the appeal from the Scotch Whisky Association over the Scottish Government’s plans to introduce a minimum price of 50p a unit. The Appeal, which is due to take eight days, follow...